Elementary school (grades K-5) · El Paso, TX

About Face Program El

Federal NCES profile for About Face Program El, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 75/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 481830010643
0/100100/10075/100
👥 S:T ratio
96
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
99
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

About Face Program El earns 75/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of Texas schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Texas.

#1 of 12
elementary schools in El Paso · Resource Index
75
Resource Index · Higher
1:1
small classes for Texas
3
students enrolled

About Face Program El has class sizes smaller than 99% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, About Face Program El ranks #1 of 12 elementary schools in El Paso, TX.

School address

Enrollment

3

Texas · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

3.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

1:1

vs 14.7:1 Texas avg

-93% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How About Face Program El compares with Texas and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at About Face Program El

About Face Program El is a small elementary school in El Paso, Texas, enrolling 3 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 1:1, About Face Program El is leaner than roughly 99% of Texas schools and 93% under the state's 14.7:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 98% of Texas schools, with 3 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 99% of the 8,960 Texas schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (67%) and American Indian / Alaska Native (33%) (diversity index 44/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 3 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Its district draws 22.4% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Discipline events run high: 2 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 3 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

El Paso Isd also operates Franklin H S (2,835 students) and Coronado H S (2,576 students) alongside About Face Program El.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How About Face Program El compares

About Face Program El on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Texas Texas avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 1:1 ▼ 93% 14.7:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 3 top 98% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

1:1
Leaner classes than 100% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
3
Bigger than 0% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
1:1
students per teacher - 93% below state mean
Top 1% in Texas - lower ratio than 100% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$12,216
per pupil, district-wide - below Texas avg of $13,644
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 3 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 2 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 66.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

Hispanic or Latino 66.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native 33.3%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 66.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 44.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 44.4, About Face Program El is about as mixed as the Texas school average of 44.7.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for El Paso Isd, which includes About Face Program El.

$12,216
Per student
-10%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
-26%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 33.5%
State 44.1%
Federal 22.4%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How About Face Program El Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Franklin H S Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Coronado H S Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Chapin H S Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
El Paso H S Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Hornedo Middle Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to About Face Program El's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

El Paso Isd · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Texas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on About Face Program El's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about About Face Program El

How many students attend About Face Program El?

About Face Program El has 3 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in El Paso, TX.

What is the student-teacher ratio at About Face Program El?

The student-teacher ratio at About Face Program El is 1:1, which is 93% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 94% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of About Face Program El?

The largest demographic group at About Face Program El is Hispanic or Latino at 66.7% of enrollment, in El Paso, TX.

What is the Resource Investment Index for About Face Program El?

About Face Program El has a Resource Investment Index of 75/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does About Face Program El rank among elementary schools in El Paso?

By Resource Investment Index, About Face Program El ranks #1 of 12 elementary schools in El Paso, TX. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all elementary schools in El Paso on the city page.

Is About Face Program El a good school?

About Face Program El earns 75/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of Texas schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Texas. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in El Paso Isd?

Besides About Face Program El, El Paso Isd also operates Franklin H S (2,835 students), Coronado H S (2,576 students), and Chapin H S (1,766 students). See the El Paso Isd district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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